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Tahar Kernif is affiliated with the Pasteur Institute of Algeria in Algeria and has contributed extensively to research in Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology. The scientist's work primarily focuses on parasitology, public health, environmental and occupational health, infectious diseases, epidemiology, and ecology, evolution, behavior, and systematics.

The research undertakings of Tahar Kernif predominantly explore vector-borne infectious diseases, viral infections and their vectors, Trypanosoma species research and implications, vector-borne animal diseases, parasitic infections and diagnostics, leishmaniasis studies, and mosquito-borne diseases and control.

Selected recent publications include:

  • Bovine piroplasmosis-anaplasmosis and clinical signs of tropical theileriosis in the plains of Djurdjura (north Algeria), 2020, Veterinary Medicine and Science
  • Coxiella burnetii in camels (Camelus dromedarius) from Algeria: Seroprevalence, molecular characterization, and ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) vectors, 2020, Acta Tropica
  • First molecular characterization of Blastocystis subtypes from animals and animal-keepers stool in Algeria, 2021, Comparative Immunology Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
  • Seroprevalence and risk factors for Trypanosoma evansi, the causative agent of surra, in the dromedary camel (Camelus dromedarius) population in Southeastern Algeria, 2020, Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research
  • Seroprevalence and risk factors of bluetongue virus in domestic cattle, sheep, goats and camels in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis, 2024, Veterinary Quarterly

Frequent co-authors in Kernif's research projects include Hocine Ziam, Amina Boutellis, Bachir Medrouh, Naouel Eddaikra, and Rabah Kelanemer.

Key venues where Kernif's work has been published are:

  • Acta Parasitologica
  • Comparative Immunology Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
  • Veterinary Medicine and Science
  • Acta Tropica
  • Veterinary Quarterly

The scientist's research contributes to the understanding and epidemiological profiling of several vector-borne diseases affecting both animals and humans, especially in the context of Algerian and African environments.

Best Publications

  • Update on Tick-Borne Rickettsioses around the World: a Geographic Approach

    Philippe Parola;Christopher D. Paddock;Cristina Socolovschi;Marcelo B. Labruna

  • Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization–Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry for Rapid Identification of Tick Vectors

    Amina Yssouf;Christophe Flaudrops;Rezak Drali;Tahar Kernif

  • Borrelia, Rickettsia, and Ehrlichia species in bat ticks, France, 2010.

    Cristina Socolovschi;Tahar Kernif;Didier Raoult;Philippe Parola

  • Identification of flea species using MALDI-TOF/MS.

    Amina Yssouf;Cristina Socolovschi;Hamza Leulmi;Tahar Kernif

  • First detection of Rickettsia aeschlimannii in Hyalomma aegyptium from Algeria.

    I. Bitam;T. Kernif;Z. Harrat;P. Parola

  • Emerging Tick-Borne Bacterial Pathogens

    Tahar Kernif;Hamza Leulmi;Didier Raoult;Philippe Parola

  • Rickettsiae of spotted fever group, Borrelia valaisiana, and Coxiella burnetii in ticks on passerine birds and mammals from the Camargue in the south of France

    Cristina Socolovschi;Pierre Reynaud;Tahar Kernif;Didier Raoult

  • Bovine piroplasmosis-anaplasmosis and clinical signs of tropical theileriosis in the plains of Djurdjura (north Algeria).

    Hocine Ziam;Tahar Kernif;Khelaf Saidani;Rabah Kelanemer

  • Rickettsiae in arthropods collected from the North African Hedgehog (Atelerix algirus) and the desert hedgehog (Paraechinus aethiopicus) in Algeria.

    Mourad Khaldi;Cristina Socolovschi;Meryam Benyettou;Ghania Barech

  • Presence of Chlamydiales DNA in ticks and fleas suggests that ticks are carriers of Chlamydiae.

    Antony Croxatto;Nadia Rieille;Tahar Kernif;Idir Bitam

  • Rickettsia africae in Hyalomma dromedarii ticks from sub-Saharan Algeria.

    Tahar Kernif;Amel Djerbouh;Oleg Mediannikov;Bouhous Ayach

  • Acquisition and excretion of Bartonella quintana by the cat flea, Ctenocephalides felis felis.

    Tahar Kernif;Tahar Kernif;Hamza Leulmi;Cristina Socolovschi;Jean-Michel Berenger

  • Bartonella and Rickettsia in arthropods from the Lao PDR and from Borneo, Malaysia.

    Tahar Kernif;Cristina Socolovschi;Konstans Wells;Maklarin B. Lakim

  • Coxiella burnetii in camels (Camelus dromedarius) from Algeria: Seroprevalence, molecular characterization, and ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) vectors

    Meriem Bellabidi;Mohammed Hocine Benaissa;Samia Bissati-Bouafia;Zoubir Harrat

  • First molecular detection of Rickettsia africae in ticks from the Union of the Comoros

    Amina Yssouf;Cristina Socolovschi;Tahar Kernif;Sarah Temmam

  • The first molecular detection of Rickettsia aeschlimannii in the ticks of camels from southern Algeria.

    Amel Djerbouh;Tahar Kernif;Tahar Kernif;Assia Beneldjouzi;Cristina Socolovschi

  • New rural focus of plague, Algeria.

    Idir Bitam;Saravanan Ayyadurai;Tahar Kernif;Mohammed Chetta

  • Molecular detection of Rickettsia typhi and Rickettsia felis in fleas from Algeria.

    I. Bitam;I. Bitam;B. Baziz;T. Kernif;Z. Harrat

  • Vector-borne rickettsioses in North Africa.

    Tahar Kernif;Tahar Kernif;Cristina Socolovschi;Idir Bitam;Didier Raoult

  • Spotted fever group rickettsiae identified in Dermacentor marginatus and Ixodes ricinus ticks in Algeria.

    Tahar Kernif;Dalila Messaoudene;Soraya Ouahioune;Philippe Parola

  • Bartonella species detected in rodents and hedgehogs from Algeria.

    I. Bitam;I. Bitam;J.-M. Rolain;T. Kernif;B. Baziz

Frequent Co-Authors

Didier Raoult
Didier Raoult Aix-Marseille University
Cristina Socolovschi
Cristina Socolovschi Aix-Marseille University
Philippe Parola
Philippe Parola Aix-Marseille University
Philippe Parola
Philippe Parola Aix-Marseille University
Jean-Marc Rolain
Jean-Marc Rolain Aix-Marseille University
Jean-Michel Berenger
Jean-Michel Berenger Institut National d'Etude et Lutte contre la Punaise de lit
Christopher D. Paddock
Christopher D. Paddock Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Marcelo B. Labruna
Marcelo B. Labruna Universidade de São Paulo
Paul N. Newton
Paul N. Newton University of Oxford
Bernard Davoust
Bernard Davoust Aix-Marseille University

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